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The accused, Chhote Lal Kushwaha and three others, then filed a criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the SC/ST Act last July, challenging the order passed by the Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Kushinagar. (Express Photo)

‘No illegality in order’: Allahabad HC junks appeal seeking withdrawal of SC/ST Act case

December 23, 2025 2:10 am

Mere expression of intention by the state govt for withdrawal of prosecution case does not bind the court, said the HC

On December 16, the high court concluded the hearing and reserved its judgment by orally observing that the petitioner was required to provide sufficient material to support his claims, which was not the case. (Express Photo)

Bombay HC rejects PIL seeking probe against Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar over ‘illegal’ permissions for Lavasa project

December 22, 2025 1:18 pm

The Bombay High Court noted that the petitioner had earlier filed a similar plea which was disposed of in 2022 on grounds of delay, since it was filed nearly a decade after the Lavasa project commenced.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes at Nayagaon in Punjab on November 30, with Chief Justice Sheel Nagu observing that the complaint disclosed cognisable offences, yet no FIR had been registered even after more than two weeks. (Express Photo)

HC takes suo motu notice of assault on advocate by Haryana police in Nayagaon

December 16, 2025 7:49 pm

Bench questions delay in FIR, seeks affidavit from Punjab DGP; Bar says work abstention to continue till case is registered

Shariq and the autorickshaw driver were injured after the bomb allegedly intended for a terror act near the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Mangaluru exploded prematurely in the auto on November 19, 2022 - owing to an error wherein the timer was mistakenly set for nine seconds instead of 90 minutes. (Express Photo)

Key accused in Mangaluru autorickshaw cooker blast case seeks to plead guilty to terrorism charges

December 12, 2025 2:30 pm

Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case key accused Mohammed Shariq had, in 2024, pleaded 'not guilty' to the charges of terrorism, criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, forgery, and charges under the Explosive Substances Act and had sought a trial.

BNSS a renumbering, translation of earlier criminal code, says Prof Sugata Bose

January 08, 2025 2:04 am

On July 1 last year, the Centre replaced colonial era IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sankshya Adhiniyam.

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Ensure cops in state maintain case diaries ‘without lame excuses’: Bombay HC to DGP

August 23, 2023 6:22 pm

A division bench of Justice Ajey S Gadkari and Shivkumar G Dige on August 19 was hearing a writ plea by senior management officials of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited who were alleged to have outraged modesty of the complainant woman, a senior official of the firm.